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  • AI-based chest X-ray prioritization in the lung cancer diagnostic pathway: the LungIMPACT randomized controlled trial

    AI-based chest X-ray prioritization in the lung cancer diagnostic pathway: the LungIMPACT randomized controlled trial

    This large, multisite randomized study has shown that AI prioritization of CXRs did not improve the speed of the lung cancer diagnostic pathway. This means that this element of AI functionality, which introduces additional complexity and cost to…

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  • A machine learning-derived biological age model for liver grafts provides a superior assessment of aging compared to chronological age in transplantation

  • Liu, Z. et al. Clear mortality gap caused by graft macrosteatosis in Chinese patients after cadaveric liver transplantation. Hepatobiliary Surg. Nutr. 9, 739–758. https://doi.org/10.21037/hbsn.2019.12.02 (2020).

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  • Bond strength and interfacial stability of a universal adhesive to alendronate-treated dentin

  • Jang, J. H. et al. Comparative study of the dentin bond strength of a new universal adhesive. Dent. Mater. J. 35, 606–612. https://doi.org/10.4012/dmj.2015-422 (2016).

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  • Association of anti SITH 1 antibody titer with mental stress and intracranial aneurysms

    Association of anti SITH 1 antibody titer with mental stress and intracranial aneurysms

    This study demonstrated that anti–SITH-1 antibody titers, used as a marker of mental stress, were not significantly associated with aneurysm rupture but were elevated in patients with UIAs. Furthermore, among patients with UIAs, anti–SITH-1…

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  • Trump’s MAHA pick for surgeon general flounders amid GOP doubts

    Trump’s MAHA pick for surgeon general flounders amid GOP doubts

    President Trump’s pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, is in jeopardy, as at least four Republican senators have expressed misgivings over her medical qualifications, views on vaccines,…

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  • Why We Don’t Have a Lyme Disease Vaccine

    Why We Don’t Have a Lyme Disease Vaccine

    Today, Pfizer announced its Lyme disease vaccine (developed in conjunction with Valneva) was only 73.2 percent effective in preventing the illness. While the company plans to move forward with the FDA approval process, the vaccine fell short of…

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  • Aging and Parkinson’s impact brain and muscle activity during balance recovery

    Aging and Parkinson’s impact brain and muscle activity during balance recovery

    Lena Ting, from Emory University, and colleagues explored how brain and muscle activity during balance recovery change due to aging and Parkinson’s. 

    Previously, Ting’s research group revealed that when they pulled a rug out from…

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  • WHO’s New NPOC TB Test Could Transform Global Diagnosis Efforts

    Rapid near-point-of-care molecular tests using tongue swabs can help end TB, enabling diagnosis and treatment to begin within hours on the same day.

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